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HOOD FOR-SHUTTER HINGES.

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CHARLES WV. BARNEKOW', OF NE'WBURG, NEW YORK.

HOOD FUR SHUTTER HINGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,637, dated January 13, 1885.

Application filed March 12, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHARLEs W. BARNE- Kow, of Newburg, county of Orange, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoods for Shutter- Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in shutter-hinges of that class that are worked. from the inside of the room, the invention being more especially designed with a view to protect the working parts of said hinge against rain and snow, so that the same can be operated with equal facility in the summer and winter seasons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a window-casing with my improved shutter-hinge and proteeting-hood. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the shutter hinge and hood. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are respectively a perspective view and side views of the protecting-hood, and Fig. 6 is a front View of the shutter-hinge and its hood.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

A in the drawings represents a shutterhinge of that class which is operated from the inside of the room, and which consists of a crank-spindle, a, that carries at its outer end a worm, a.

To a pintle, b, of a bracket, 1), attached to the window-casing sidewise of the worm a, is applied the sleeve (1 of the shutterstrap d, said sleeve being provided integral therewith with a worm-wheel, e, that meshes with the worm a on the crankspindle a. By turning the crank-spindle a in one or the opposite direction the shutter is set by the intermeshing of the worm a and worm-wheel 6 into open, closed, or any intermediate position, as desired.

The shutterhinge so far described is well known and forms no part of my invention.

The defect of shutter-hinges of this class has been that they are liable to become clogged in winter by snow and ice, so that the shutter cannot be operated.

For the purpose of protecting the working parts of the shutter-hinge, I have arranged a hood, B, that is made open at the bottom and rear end, and provided at the front end with a recessed wall, f, of less width than the top of the hood, and at the rear end with an upwardly-extending abutment, f, having an arcshaped slot, f The recess of the front wall admits the bracket cl of the shutter to swing in outward direction without striking against the hood. Through the slotted abutmentf passes a thumb-screw, f, by which the hood B is rigidly secured in position above the hinge. At one side the hood B is closed by a side wall, f that extends below the worm a and worm-wheel 6, while the other side of the hood is provided with a vertical stay, f next adjoining the windowcasing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By loosening the thumb-screw the hood B may be thrown sidewise, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6, in which position the shutter may be removed or replaced without difficulty.

The hood is made of malleable and galvanizcd or japanned cast-iron. It forms an inexpensive attachment to the shutter-hinge, and forms a durable devicethat protects the hinge against snow, rain, and dust, so that the Working of the shutter-hinge is secured in any season.

I am aware that a cap or case for covering the operative parts of a shutter-hinge is not new broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A hood for the protection of the outer working parts of a shutter-hinge against the clogging effects of ice or snow, the said hood being open at the bottom, and provided at the front end with a recessed wall, and at the rear end with an upwardly-extending abutment, having an arc-shaped slot and a fastening thumb-screw, substantielly as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES XV. BARN EKOW.

Vitnesses:

CHAS. A. DIXON, W. D. MAoGREeoR. 

